Body composition scan for enhanced longevity
Assess the precise composition of your body—fat, muscle, and bone—to prevent metabolic, cardiovascular, and bone-related conditions.
Fat, muscle, and bones: key indicators of metabolism, heart health, and osteoporosis
What's the distribution of fat and muscle in your body? How dense are your bones? These measurements can provide crucial insights into your overall health and how to preserve it.
Visceral fat tissue isn't visible from the outside - even young, slim individuals might carry significant amounts around their internal organs. This type of fat plays a critical role in metabolic and cardiovascular health. Muscle mass distribution is crucial for mobility as you age and plays a vital role in metabolic health. Many cases of back pain can be traced to muscle imbalances. Additionally, bone density measurements help identify the risk of bone diseases like osteoporosis.
Using state-of-the-art DEXA scanning (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry), we determine your exact body composition and integrate these findings with the data gathered from our other health checks.
Longevity Check-up: body composition scan
The AYUN Longevity Check-up takes approximately 5 hours and features our high-end body composition scan, a crucial step in understanding your body composition. This step is completed in just 15 minutes.
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Uncover the benefits of our check-upsWhat body composition metrics do we measure?
LMI (Lean Mass Index)
This index represents the ratio of lean body mass to height, calculated by dividing fat-free mass by height squared. A high Lean Mass Index is associated with increased longevity, a healthier metabolism, and stronger bones.
ALMI (Appendicular Lean Mass Index)
The ALMI measures muscle mass in the arms and legs relative to height. A higher ALMI indicates greater physical strength and mobility, and is associated with increased longevity. People with a high ALMI generally enjoy better overall health and a lower risk of age-related conditions like falls.
FMI (Fat Mass Index)
Unlike the Body Mass Index (BMI), which considers total body weight, the FMI measures body fat relative to height, providing a clearer picture of fat-related health risks. A high FMI is linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome.
VAT (Visceral Adipose Tissue)
This refers to fat stored around internal organs in the abdominal cavity. Unlike subcutaneous fat, visceral fat is metabolically active and releases hormones. High levels of visceral fat are strongly linked to increased risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
SAT (Subcutaneous Abdominal Adipose Tissue)
This is the fat layer directly beneath the skin. Unlike visceral fat, subcutaneous fat is considered less harmful and can even serve protective functions in moderate amounts, such as energy storage and temperature regulation.
Bone Density
Bone density refers to the mineral content within your bones. Peak bone density is typically reached between ages 25 and 30, after which it declines. Low bone density increases fracture risk. When bone density falls below a certain threshold, it's classified as osteoporosis.
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
The RMR measures the energy your body needs at rest to maintain basic functions like breathing, heartbeat, and cell metabolism. A higher individual RMR contributes to energy expenditure and aids in weight management and metabolic health. Greater muscle mass contributes to an increased basal metabolic rate.
How does the body composition scan work?
Choose the Longevity Check-up
that suits you
Essential
Our Essential Longevity Check-up evaluates your blood values, body composition, and physical performance, offering deep insights into your personal health and fitness.
Complete
In addition to blood values, body composition, and performance, our Complete Longevity Check-up assesses your DNA risks and blood sugar levels. This helps us identify your individual genetic risk factors and determine your optimal nutrition strategy.
Extended
Our most comprehensive package, the Extended Longevity Check-up includes all AYUN tests, such as determining your biological age and heart rate variability. This allows us to uncover your unique stress triggers and relaxation factors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Longevity Check-ups
At what age do you recommend the Longevity Check-up?
In general, a Longevity Check-up is recommended for anyone over the age of 25. The earlier you know what your individual health risks are, the longer you can benefit from small adjustments. But it is never too late to take charge of your health and optimize it in a targeted way, i.e. even at an advanced age, there is still a lot of potential for optimization.
How long does a Longevity Check-up take?
A Longevity Check-up lasts about 4-5 hours depending on the package chosen. It starts with a 30-45 minute anamnesis interview with one of our doctors, followed by an ECG, blood draw, and Dexa scan. You'll then have a brief snack break before completing the 1.5 hour session with our sports scientist. Afterwards, wearables such as the HRV monitor and the CGM are attached and set up.
What do I need to bring for my Longevity Check-up?
You should arrive fasted (empty stomach, water allowed) and bring your sports clothes for the sports and endurance test. Showers and towels are available.
How long does it take to get the results of my check-up?
This depends on the Longevity Check-up you have chosen. The time between the test and receiving your results depends on external laboratories and the time our team of doctors, nutritionists and sports scientists need to evaluate your results. The indicative time is as follows:
- Essential Longevity Check-up: 1-2 weeks
- Complete Longevity Check-up: 4-5 weeks (due to the DNA risk analysis)
- Extended Longevity Check-up: 4-5 weeks (due to the DNA risk analysis and DNA aging clock)
Do I have to come to your clinic to discuss my results?
The discussion of the results usually takes place at our clinic. If you prefer, the conversation can also take place via video conference.
The same applies to the nutrition counseling, which can take place either on-site or via video conference.
What makes you different from other check-ups?
Our focus is not just on identifying diseases at an early stage, but rather on understanding individual predispositions and determining what each individual needs to stay healthy in the long term. We don't look at individual values, but combine all the results into a holistic picture. We collect scientifically validated parameters for Longevity and combine them into a personalized, preventative Longevity Report.
Who performs the Longevity Check-ups?
We are a medical institution, so all check-ups are performed by trained and medically educated personnel. We employ doctors, medical assistants and sports scientists in our clinic.
What is the difference between the Essential Longevity Check-up and the Complete Longevity Check-up?
All our check-ups focus on longevity. The Essential Longevity Check-up contains what we consider to be absolutely necessary for a Longevity Check-up and is suitable for people who want to get a first impression or as a follow-up check-up if you already know your genetic risks.
The Complete Longevity Check-up includes, in addition to further blood values, such as homocysteine, the DNA risk analysis, which we recommend to do once in a lifetime. The DNA risk analysis helps us to make even more targeted recommendations. We only test for those changes for which we know how we can influence them well and specifically.
In addition, continuous blood sugar monitoring for 10 days is included, with accompanying nutritional counseling for evaluation and interpretation. The blood sugar response to different foods can vary greatly from person to person, which is why these measurements can be used to provide even more targeted nutritional recommendations.
What is the difference between the Complete and Extended Longevity Check-up?
The first difference is the number of laboratory values analyzed. The Complete Longevity Check-up includes 64 laboratory values and the Extended Longevity Check-up 69 laboratory values. In addition, the Extended Longevity Check-up also includes a stress measurement (both during the day and at night) and a DNA aging clock to determine your biological age.
How are the findings evaluated?
Our team of doctors, nutritionists and sports scientists analyze the findings holistically, prioritize and make appropriate recommendations.
We compare the results with comparative values from your age and gender group. Our goal is for our customers to perform significantly better than the average, because the average person develops chronic diseases over the course of their life that significantly affect their quality of life.
Others
Everyone knows what is healthy: exercise, nutrition and sleep. What else do you offer?
That's right, healthy eating, regular exercise and enough sleep are the cornerstones of longevity. General recommendations are certainly suitable for the masses, but when it comes to looking at the individual, many individualized recommendations can be made depending on the individual disposition constellation. Our goal is to achieve the greatest possible health effect for the individual with the least possible effort. To do that, much more precise recommendations are useful and possible.
Can I bring my child with me?
Our services are only available to persons of legal age. However, you are welcome to bring a child with you as a companion. No childcare service is available.
Do you also offer payment by installments?
We're working on standardizing installment payment options in our checkout process. In the meantime, if you'd like to use an installment plan, feel free to give us a call, and we'll find a solution together.
